Bringing US-SL together on marine biology

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Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd (www.scholarshipsforusa.com) committed to make Sri Lanka benefit from increasing collaborations with US Colleges and Universities recently introduced Dr. Tilak Priyadarshana Dean, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Ruhuna to Lindsey Garbenis visiting Associate Director International Admissions of Hawaii Pacific University (www.hpu.edu).

Ruhuna is the only Lankan University offering Marine Biology as a bachelor in science and HPU is renowned for its Marine Biology both at bachelors and masters levels. Both parties were excited for collaborations in the areas of student/faculty exchanges, 2+2 transfers, helping Ruhuna to design a Masters degree and joint research.

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